Wagon-doubletree



(No Model.)

J. KELLY & L. P. HORRELL.

WAGON DOUBLETREE.

No. 425,677. Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KELLY AND LEO E. I-IORRELL, OF RED BUD, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-DOUBLETREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,677, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed February 3, 1890. Serial No. 338,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN KELLY and LEO. F. HORRELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Red Bud, in the county of Randolph and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Doubletrees and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 4

Our invention relates to doubletrees for wagons.

The object of our invention is to construct a light, strong, and cheap doubletree for wagons; and to this end the nature of our invention consists of constructions and combinations, all as will hereinafter be set forth in the specification, and particularly pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspectire view of our wagondoubletree, and Fig. 2 the metal band.

Arepresents the wooden portion of our doubletree, which is straight on the front edge and oval on the rear edge. To prevent the wood from splitting, rivets co are inserted through the fiat side at each end. I Along the rear or oval edge is placed a flat metal band B, having its ends bent to form loops or eyes 0, to which the singletrees are attached. The inner ends of said loops 0 are bent inward to form seats or lugs c, for the purpose hereinafter described. 4

D are bolts having eyes d, for attaching the stay-chains. These bolts D pass through the metal band B, wooden portion A, and seats or lugs c on the inner ends of the metal band B, where they are secured by means of nuts E. In the center of the wooden portion A is an opening a, through which the king bolt passes, said opening being protected by a metal plate a It will be seen-that by our construction the eyebolts D, passing through the metal band B,wooden portion A, and seats or lugs c, and secured by the nuts E,which screw down upon said-seats or lugs, serve not only for attaching the stay-chains, but hold the metal band securely to the wooden portion A, thus doing away with several olevises, lap-rings, and rivets.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent, iS-' In a doubletree, the combination of the wooden portion A, metal band B, having its ends bent to form loops or eyes 0 and seats or lugs c, and the eyebolis D,passing through said metal band, wooden portion, and seats or lugs, and secured by nuts E, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we aflix on r signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN KELLY.

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LE0. F.1HORRELL.

lVitnesses:

PETER A. FOX, THEo. J AKLE. 

